Stan d for sideboards and the like



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F. K. MAXIMILIAN.

STAND FOR SIDEBOARDS AND THE LIKE. P10477564. Patented June 21. 1892.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH z% C A TTORNE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND K. MAXIMILIAN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

STAND FOR SIDEBOARDS AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,564, dated June 21, 1892.

Application filed April 8, 1892.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND K. MAXI- MILIAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stands for Sideboards and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The article of manufacture to which the invention relates comprises in general a mirror having a suitable backing, and so made as to size and form as to serve as a stand or sup port for glasses on Sideboards, hotel-bars, and the like; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved stand of this character. To this end I provide improved legs or rests on the stand, which lend to the same a better appearance as a whole, enable me to utilize any form of lacquered backing plate, and lessens the cost of manufacture.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a stand embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view.

The top or face A of the stand consists of a plate of looking-glass, round in shape, and suitably ornamented at the beveled edge a.

The backing plate 13 of the stand is of sheet metal, shaped to correspond with the contour of the front A, and in such back plate I form the preferably-circular openings 1), three or more in number, according to the number of legs or supports 0 that are to be secured. The improved legs 0 are in the form of sheetmetal cups, spun or stamped to shape and formed with an annular flange 0 offset therefrom. The cup-shaped legs arepassed out- 'Ward through the openings 1) of the back plate,

so that their flanges 0 rest against the inner face thereof, and when so placed the back plate is placed against the back of the mirror- Serial No. 428,343. (No model.)

plate A, and the Whole are clamped together by a olampingming D, which is shaped from an unjointed continuous ring of sheet metal, shaped by a suitable tool to engage the peripheral edges of both the mirror and back plate. In order that the flanges of the cups may not mar or injure the back of the mirror, a layer 6 of paperis interposed, as shown in Fig. 3.

Bycausing the mirrorand the back to clamp the flanged legs in place the use of soldering is avoided, and I am therefore enabled to employ lacquered sheet metal, which gives the back a much better appearance than a plain or subsequently-painted back. In addition the articles may be more cheaply produced.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- V 1. As a new article of manufacture, astand of the character described, consisting of a mirror forming the front plate, a back plate having openings formed therein, cup-shaped metallic knobs or legs of sheet metal having offset flanges, the body of the knobs projecting from the back plate and the flanges thereof lying within the same and clamped against movement between the front and back plates, and a ring clamping the said plates together at their edges, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a stand of the character described, consisting of a mirror forming the front plate, a back plate having a series of openings, sheet-metal cupshaped knobs or legs fitting said openings and formed with flanges that rest against the inner face of the back plate, an interposed protecting-sheet covering said flanges, and. a ring serving to hold all the parts together, substantially as described.

FERDINAND K. MAXIMILIAN.

Witnesses:

J AooUEs KAHN,

LOUIS KAHN. 

